Root River, WI Fishing Report

With the lack of rain in the recent weeks the Root River is extremely low.  The only remaining fish are going to be found in the deeper holes.  This river will be basically non fishable untill we get a considerable amount of rain

The water level is still extremely low but it is fishable and there are a few chinooks moving up.  I ended up stopping down for a few minutes today and ended up landing a 10lb female chinook and saw six or seven other fish moving up river.  Even though there are still a bunch of people on the river, fishable water can be found.

The water levels peaked at 60cfs yesterday and have been rapidly falling.  This spike in water level was not enough to push any Skamina Steelhead into the river. 

Took a run down to the Root River this late afternoon.  The water level is perfect for floating bobbers and spawn sacs, but a little dirty for flies.  I did manage landing one male brown trout around 5lbs. 

With the flow being extremely low, the remaining Coho and Chinook Salmon are very spooky.  There are a few Brown Trout starting to show up but not nearly as many as there should be.

If Coho Salmon are the spices you seek, the Root River is full of them.  Small egg patterns have been working the best with small streamers being productive also.